when only seven. Her parents objected to a musical
career for her, but she continued her practice, and earned money for
further study by writing waltzes and other popular dance music. She
became proficient in making orchestral arrangements, and has been
eminently successful as a leader of many large New York organizations.
Among her operettas are "The Alchemist," also a version of the old
French romance, "Fleurette," and an adaptation from Tennyson, called
"Day Dreams." She is also the author of many songs.

Lillie Mahon Siegfried, of Buffalo, has also produced an operetta,
besides the song, "The Beautiful Land of Nod," and several other songs
and lullabies. Miss Estabrook has over forty songs to her credit,
besides the operetta, "The Tournament." Mrs. John Orth has composed a
children's operetta, also a number of simple songs and piano works for
beginners. Laura Sedgwick Collins, who has already won a high rank,
wrote the music to "Pierrot," besides many excellent songs and violin
works.

In chamber music, Marguerite Melville has produced some worthy works.
Among them is a remarkably good piano quintette, while she has also
written a sonata and a romanza for violin and piano, besides several
beautiful songs. Alicia Van Buren, also author of a number of worthy
songs, has published a string quartette with Breitkopf and Haertel. Alice
Locke Pitman, now Mrs. Wesley, has written several violin works, besides
a number of songs. Mary Knight Wood, another gifted member of the new
generation, studied with Arthur Foote and B. J. Lang. She has already
produced a piano trio, and her songs, such as "Ashes of Roses,"
"Heartsease," "Autumn," and so forth, are imbued with the most
exquisite refinement. Marie von Hammer and Laura Danziger have written
pieces for the 'cello, the latter supplementing this work by a number of
piano compositions.

Organ music is well represented by the work of Helen Josephine Andrus,
of Poughkeepsie. She is a graduate of Vassar, where she won a degree by
her musical studies. Her compositions include several organ pieces and a
cantata for organ and strings, also anthems and various church music, as
well as piano works and songs. Clara Rees is another organist who has
produced a number of compositions. Lucina Jewell, a New England
Conservatory graduate, is the author of an introduction and fugue for
organ, besides some effective songs and other works. Faustina Hasse
Hodges was another able organist who wr